A collection of documents detailing events in the construction of the new North Dakota State Capitol building and the strike that temporarily stopped construction of the building. Included are pages from the Daily memoranda of the Board of Capitol...

A series of excerpts from the Adams County Extension Agent's annual reports for 1931, 1932, and 1934 telling about the drought and other hardships for farmers and crops in the area. Mentions are also made of grasshopper damage and activities of...

A page from the 1885 agricultural census of Barnes County. Recorded are details about improved and unimproved land usage and acreage; values of farm buildings, implements and machinery and livestock; wages paid; acreages of grass lands, and the...

In the early 20th century, school reports were compiled by school inspectors who showed up without advance notice. They gathered data on the schools which helped the Superintendent of Public Instruction to understand how well the school district...

A letter from S.M. Pollock to Governor Newton Edmunds about the murder of Sevi Rivers by Joseph Borrette at Crow Creek. Pollock is writing to ask Edmunds to who the prisoner Borrette should be turned over.

A letter from Governor of Dakota Territory Newton Edmunds to S.M. Pollock regarding the transfer of prisoner Joseph Borrette after the murder of Sevi Rivers. Edmunds writes that Pollock must retain custody of Borrette since there is no ...

A letter from Dakota Territory Governor Newton Edmunds to Walter A. Burleigh, Dakota Territory delegate to the House of Representatives. Edmunds is writing about the prisoner Joseph Borrette and the inability to transfer the prisoner because...

Irene Tetraut and Bertha Lavendure pose together on the grounds of the Fort Totten Indian School where they were students. A tree and one of the school buildings are partially visible behind them. The girls wear casual clothes and have kerchiefs...

Gene Autry performs a series of stunts and trick riding with his horse Champion at the Mandan Rodeo. Other cowboys ride bucking broncos, rope cattle, ride bulls, and clowns also perform. Several cowgirls also participate in the trick riding.

A view of Custer House on the grounds of Fort Abraham Lincoln in Morton County, N.D. Horses and a wagon are visible behind the house, and the foundations of another building are visible in the foreground.